The effects of forest structure on the risk of wind damage at a landscape level in a boreal forest ecosystem

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-111

  Zeng, Hongcheng ^a   Garcia Gonzalo, Jordi ^b,c   Peltola, Heli ^b   Kellomäki, Seppo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Critical wind speed; Forest edges; Mechanistic model; Monte Carlo simulation; Risk of wind damage

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FOREST EDGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURE; WIND VELOCITY;

PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 73549108968     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009090     Document Type: Article

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